Boxing glove



F. DIETERLE Feb. l0, 1931.

BOXING GLOVE Filed Deo.

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mmwwm "M Aug@ Patented Feb. 10, 1931 PATENT OFFICE FRANK DIETERLE, or' PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNoR "ro GEORGE A.

. RnAcI-I, or' PHILADELPHIA,` PENNSYLVANIA Y BOXING GLOVE Application led December 1, 1928. SerialNo. 323,037.

The invention is designed to provide a thumb construction which will contribute to a natural position of the users thumb when the hand is clenched for boxing; which will ai be more vdurable than is possible with prior forms of thumb construction and whichwill give maximum protection to the thumb ofv the boxer.

Other objects of the invention will be ob- 1G vious from the following description and the appended claim.

The invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which:

F ig. l is a view of the glove from the palm 15 side.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken longitudinally of the thumb of the glove, with the boxers thumb in place.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view showing the glove in the position it assumes when the hand of the boxer is clenched as in the act of boxing, the thumb portion being broken away and partly shown in section to make visible the position of the boxers thumb.

Fig. 4 is a detail View.

The thumb of the glove is made up of the bag portion l and the palm portion 2, each, as usual, composed of leather. The leather of the bag portion 1 is carried around at 3 to the palm side of the palm portion 2 ofthe thumb and is stitched to the latter at 4, a considerable distance, say, for instance, one inch back from the terminal edge 5 of the palm section 2 of the thumb. This distance, i. e., the distance of the line of stitching 4 from the end 5 of the palm section of the glove is approximately equaljto the length of the first joint of the thumb, so that the break (at 4) in the configuration of the palm thumb coincides with and lies under the point of juncture a of the first and second joints of the thumb. The portion 3 of the bag thumb leather l which is extended back over the terminal portion b of the palm thumb leather 2 is spaced apart from the said terminal portion and into the space thus provided the hair stufling c of the thumb is carried, so as to provide a layer of said stuffing at Z'directly opposite the end of the thumb and also at e so that the latter body of the stuffing lies beand b, with the stufling c interposed between said layers: This extension b serves as a reinforce for the layer 3 of the covering and Vprevents deterioration of the latter. Ordinarily the perspiration will cause Vdeterioration of the leather on the palm side of the glove' thumb and the boxers thumb eventually will break through atthis point. In my improved construction the bag thumb l being carriedv around at 3 forms in effect a part of the palm thumb and thiswill be protected by the extension Z9 of the palm thumb 2, increasing the life of the latter not only by making a double layer of leather at this region, but also because it will prevent perspiration from the thumb reaching the layer of leather at 3 and, Jfurthermore, the interposed stuffing e will provide ventilation. Therefore the thumb of the boxer will not punch through the thumb of the glove. The construction described also protects the end of the boxers thumb because the stuifing is carried around the end of the thumb at cl, Where it joins with the stuffing at c, which also aids in cushioning the thumb. It will be further noticed that the bag thumb portion 3 joins the palm thumb at an angle at the line of stitches 4 andthis joint is directly adjacent the joint a of the users thumb, so that the boxers thumb may assume a natural bent position when the hand is clenched for boxing. The end of the thumb of the glove Will to a degree embed itself in the mitt portion of the glove, as shown at ad in Fig. 3, so that the boxers thumb will be protected against being struck on the end, which might result inV dislocation.

With my improvement the boxers thumb does not go to the extreme end of the thumb of the glove, nor does the end of the boXers thumb go to the point where the line of stitches ordinarily join the bag thumb with the palm thumb, but with my improvement the boXers thumb overlies this joint at 4, and is directed towards the intact portion ofthe bag thumb l--3 and with the .hair stufling surrounding the end of the boxers thumb.

I haveshown in dotted lines 1in Fig'. l the tongue or extension b and the lining 6 and this tongue is also indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4. The lining is stitched to this tongue around the edge of the latter and Yalso y along the portions x-g/ and M yl of the seam between the palm thumb and bag thumb.

This virtually forms a stall for the end of the Vthumb made up of the tongue and the lining, this stall lying within the mass of stuiiing.

I claim:

A boxing glove havin@ a thumb in which there is a double layer of leather at the palm side thereof and near the end thereof, said double layer continuing around the end of the thumb with hair stufiing between the layers, said double leather layer being provided by Vcarrying the bag thumb in an unbroken :layer around `the end of the palm thumb and along the palm side of the thumb, `and stitching the said bag thumb to the palm thumb at a point removed from `the extreme end of the latter, said palm thumb likewise extending in an unbroken 'layer across the point of uncture of the bag thumb therewith.

In testimony whereof, I afIiX my signature.

FRANK DIETER-LE. 

